Davis Hovey, KMXT - Kodiak

Davis Hovey, KMXT - Kodiak
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Spike in salmon shark sightings near Kodiak stumps researchers

The sharks are turning up in fishermen's nets more often, but scientists say it's not clear whether their Alaska population has risen.
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Kayaker’s death near Kodiak under investigation, troopers say

Troopers say Michael Thomas Motes, 37, was found dead shortly after U.S. Coast Guard searchers spotted an empty kayak Monday.
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NOAA study links massive Bering Sea snow crab loss to climate change

The new study deepens the connection between human-caused climate change and the crabs' die-off in recent years.
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Rocket suffers ‘irrecoverable damage’ in fire at Kodiak spaceport

Friday's fire is the second Kodiak mishap for ABL Space Systems, after a rocket crash-landed when it was launched last year.
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‘Strange’ bald eagle attacks at Kodiak harbor cause multiple injuries

Kodiak officials have asked people to keep an eye on the sky at St. Herman Harbor after the attacks, some of which have left people needing sutures.
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‘The Hungry Games’ offers viewers another helping of Katmai National Park fat bears

The streaming series “The Hungry Games: Alaska's Big Bear Challenge” follows stars of the park’s Fat Bear Week as they bulk up for winter.
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Alaska seafood marketers get $5M from feds after losing state funds

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute says part of the money will help it increase the state industry’s involvement in pet food products.
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2 dead in 3 Kodiak ATV crashes over Fourth of July holiday

Troopers say all three of the crashes overnight Wednesday, which killed a 65-year-old man and a teenage boy, were separate incidents.
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Relief applications open for Alaska’s 2019 and 2020 crab fisheries disasters

Years after two crab fisheries disasters occurred in the Norton Sound and Bering Sea, millions in relief funds are finally available to affected fishers.
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Alaska commercial fishers will only pay to register vessels once under pending bill

House Bill 19, awaiting Gov. Mike Dunleavy's signature, would end the state Division of Motor Vehicles vessel registration fee.
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Kodiak police shift away from 24/7 patrols due to staff shortages

Police Chief Tim Putney said this will be the first time since the 1980s that the department has not been able to maintain overnight patrols each night.
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State ferry Tustumena repairs delay Kodiak Island service

Ferry system director Craig Tornga says crews found extensive "wasted steel" suffering from rust aboard the 60-year-old ferry during a recent overhaul.
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State resolution would push feds to fix rural Alaska aviation weather stations

A pending Legislature joint resolution would urge Congress to address FAA Automated Weather Observing System outages common across Alaska.
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This farm is the only Grade “A” goat dairy in Alaska

“I kind of joked that I started a Grade “A” dairy with a “C” team,” said Kelli Foreman who runs Kodiak's Heritage Farm and Ranch.
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Full cleanup of former military sites on Kodiak Island is still years away

Cleanup efforts for munitions at some sites, such as Kodiak's World War II-era Burma Road, can take decades according to U.S. Army officials.

More areas around Kodiak Island could become critical habitat for endangered North Pacific Right Whales

It’s estimated that less than 50 North Pacific Right Whales exist today in a range that extends from Hawaii to the southeastern Bering Sea and beyond.
bears

Kodiak bear cubs caught on video after escaping from Florida trainer

Body camera footage shows an unusually playful interaction between the cubs and two people who found them on a Florida road in December.
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New textbook spurs speaking and teaching of Alutiiq language

The new textbook, from the Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak and the Alutiiq Museum, focuses on the language's Koniag dialect spoken in Kodiak.
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4 rescued after fishing vessel capsizes near Kodiak

The Alaska Rose capsized off Chiniak Island on Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. No fatalities were reported.